ACE Lecture Series Videos
Spirituality and Cancer: What Patients Want to Discuss (55:59)
This talk reviews different definitions of spirituality specifically as they relate to helping patients find meaning. Presented November 3, 2009
Lois M. Ramondetta, M.D., Associate Professor, Gynecologic Oncology,
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Dr. Ramondetta's Presentation
Humour as a Coping Strategy (58:55)
This talk reviews the role of humour as it plays in interpersonal communication. Presented on June 9, 2009
Robert Buckman, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Oncologist,
Princess Margaret Hospital
Dr. Buckman's Presentation
Provider Communication and Patient Accrual to Cancer Clinical Trials (1:01:24)
This talk reviews the critical role that interpersonal communication behaviors play in effectively communicating with patients about clinical trials – to enhance decision making by improving the processes of informed consent and informed refusal. Presented April 30, 2009
Terrance L. Albrecht, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences,
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute,
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Dr. Albrecht's Presentation
Cross-Cultural Aspects of Communication with Cancer Patients (1:05:52)
This talk reviews how culture influences people's perceptions of health and illness and how it affects communication in clinical oncology. It provides strategies to increase negotiation skills needed to communicate effectively with cancer patients in multicultural clinical settings. Presented February 26, 2009
Antonella Surbone, M.D., Ph.D, F.A.C.P., Professor of Medicine,
New York University
Lecturer on moral philosophy and bioethics,
University of Rome and Turin, Italy
Dr. Surbone's Presentation
What to Say When the Chemo Did Not Work (42:36)
This talk reviews the strategies and common pitfalls for dealing with difficult situations in which anticancer therapy has been ineffective - how to support hopes, how to maintain trust, how to make transitions in goals of care. Presented October 21, 2008
Anthony Back, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology,
University of Washington
Making Connection: The Art and Science of Compassion (1:05:28)
This talk reviews recent advances in the neuroscience of social relationships and provides a framework for enhancing the compassionate care of patients. Presented June 10, 2008
James Duffy, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry,
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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